Devon's Award-Winning Chili

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This recipe will be the only Chili I will ever make again. Spiced perfectly as written. The meat was incredible and the flavor was perfect. I also accompanied it with Ina's Quacamole flavored with lemon and the Oh so perfect pink grapefruit "marguerita's". We had a Mexican feast thanks to Ina.

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Just made this recipe, after first taste I know why Ina serves it with cool margharitas!! Spent $26 on the meat so after reading the reviews I decided to take it easy on the cayenne (only used half because I didn't want to have to throw it away coz of the heat. Everything else remained the same. Wow. It still had heat but the flavor is amazing, I actually had to mix it with some sour cream to cool it down for my lily livered tastes. Hmmmm, I think I need another taste or so....grows on the palate. Can't wait to see what it tastes like tomorrow after it has time to meld.

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Very nice. I am finishing the cooking process as I type and the samples I have tasted along the way prove it to be a tasty chili! Yep I called it CHILI even after some people here seem to be fairly uptight about calling it that. Look up chili, it is difined as "A Thick sauce of meat and chilie seasoning"... viola, topic solved, it is officially CHILI as per definition of the word. Now that we solved that issue, why does ANYONE rate it before cooking it? As if I will pay attention to anything that person has to say! Thirdly, to those feeling it is NOT a true blue tex mex chili all I can say is, Geeze, the woman won awards for it being NUMBER 1... nuff said.. it must be good CHILI ... how many of the people judging it here have won equal awards? Any ways, on to more positive words.... I give it 5 stars as I just now added the basil and tasted it yet again and it is as Rachel Ray would say...Yummmmmm-O! I have never had chili until today with anything other than ground beef and this is hands down AWESOME! I really did not do much different BUT I did cut just the cayenne pepper in half and I still found it VERY spicy bording too hot but not quite. The only change I made and it was out of force was, I used a 5 pound sirloin tip roast and cooked it less time as it got tender faster. I looked in 4 stores and none of them sold brisket at all so it was choose a diff cut of meat or not make it. I hate fooling with award winning recipes until I do them the way the creastor did them to win the awards but as I said, no brisket where I live apparently. :( I have made a few recipes from Ina's kitchen this is one of my favorites... (Her bread pudding is pretty darn good too! So WTG Devon, congrats on your well deserved chili award, and WTG Ina, another great recipe!

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well fantastic I always enjoy your delicios recipes, my family loved everything you know my Daughter Maria record my show of Contessa all the time..
Tanks you for you masing of cooking
I love cook with Contesa...

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As a 4th or 5th generation Texan, I can tell you, some folks around here are very territorial about chili. We can't help it. It's like how it makes me cringe and have a neck spasm when people say GWACAMOLAY...do not pronounce the G! It's spelled guacamole, but the g makes a "w" sound. This recipe is a fine interpretation of a tex-mex recipe, and it is tasty, but if you want, call it stew rather than chili. Geez!

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I saw it I made it and wow!!! ..Thanks

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I made this chili earlier tonight, and I substituted ground beef as it was what I had on hand. I have to say, the flavors in this chili are quite excellent and go very well together. The coffee adds a nice subtle kick that really enhances the dish! BUT, for me and my boyfriend, it was WAAAAAAAAAY too spicy; I like spicy, but this was blow-your-head-off spicy. Next time I make it, I'm definitely going to halve the measurements for the chili flakes and cayenne pepper. But otherwise, it was a very excellent chili!

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I'm very new to homemade cooking, but when I saw this recipe on Barefoot Contessa I was intrigued to see if I could make it. It took me around about 4 1/2 hours to make altogether, but man, is it good! I'm a huge fan of spicy food, and when I first took a taste after all the seasonings had been added I was a little taken aback. But after adding the coffee and beans I must say, it is delicious and a perfect level of spice! (for someone who LOVES spice I might add. Yes, I did add the coffee, although I'm not quite sure what it brought to the dish. However, as I am also a huge fan of cilantro I added that instead of the basil. I am very happy that I took on this "chili" and would definitely make it again!

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My husband watched this episode with me and since I'm on a quest to make all of her recipes he requested this one next. I followed the recipe exactly as written and did not deviate anywhere.

Personally, I thought it was a little bit too spicy - and I like spicy food!! That is the only reason I didn't give it 5 stars. I would make this again in the future but I'd cut back on the spices by about a third. I like more beans in my chili so I'd probably throw in another can at the end. It didn't specify but I rinsed my beans.

My husband did enjoy this very much and he loved the big chunks of brisket that were oh so tender!

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It's amazing. Nuff said. We didn't add the coffee, because a lot of the people in the house do not like it; so we decided not too. ALL THE SPICES in the recipe make this dish amazing!!